by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 12, 2012 | Trends
In our last HEALTHCARE DESIGN article, “Research in Practice: Lesson 2—You got a problem?” we discussed why and how to identify and prioritize the challenges facing a facility. Each problem we uncover brings opportunities for design innovations. Now that we can define...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 12, 2012 | Trends
What is a brand? More specifically, what is your brand? Your marketing might articulate a brand promise in its logo, tag line, advertising, and other endeavors. But the promise, the essence of the brand, is delivered person to person. Every interaction by every...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 11, 2012 | News
The fate of the uniquely designed old Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago hangs in the balance. As the debate swirls around whether to demolish this familiar sight which has been a part of the Streeterville area in Chicago since 1975, there is no denying that...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 11, 2012 | Trends
This three-part series explores the topic of flexibility in architecture. The first article examined the main reason for flexibility: change. The second article explored the three types of flexibility (convertibility, adaptability, and transformability) and how they...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 7, 2012 | News
It’s heartening to see the healthcare industry not only embracing sustainable design principles, but also taking it a step further and encouraging healthy lifestyles.Not only are patients better served in recovery when their environment provides healthy indoor...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Sep 6, 2012 | News
You won’t get many arguments against the idea that a healthy staff makes for both healthier patients and a healthier bottom line. And today’s healthcare providers are working harder to stack the deck in favor of employee wellness. A robust 84% of medical...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 6, 2012 | Trends
The goal of the Pebble Project, a research initiative launched by The Center for Health Design (CHD) in 2000, is to create a ripple effect in the healthcare community by providing documented examples of healthcare facilities that have used an evidence-based design...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 6, 2012 | News
As our firm has embarked on our Lean design initiative (See "Total Immersion in Lean Design" from the August 2012 issue of HEALTHCARE DESIGN), we have come to realize its importance. In addition, we know the Lean design approach is applicable to our...
by HCD Guest Author | Sep 5, 2012 | News
The healthcare system exists to serve one person—the patient. There are hundreds of articles and speculation on the hospital of the future, patient-centered care, and the patient room of the future. I thought it would be fitting to talk about the patient...
by Jennifer Silvis | Sep 5, 2012 | News
As healthcare continues to be a polarizing national topic and obesity remains a growing epidemic, there is an increasing emphasis on employing preventive measures to attack the problem that is America’s collectively expanding waistline. And while obesity rates...
